Press releases for July 2016

01 August 2016

Stonebridge Group, the mortgage and insurance network, has today (1st August 2016) announced the establishment of a new mortgage packager panel for its appointed representative (AR) firms to use. The...

29 July 2016

The Certificate in Pensions Automatic Enrolment, the UK’s only accredited auto enrolment (AE) qualification, has been revised by the SimplyBiz Group, Pension Management Institute (PMI), and Chartered ...

27 July 2016

Paradigm Mortgage Services has named leading GI provider Uinsure as a preferred partner for general insurance. The arrangement means the mortgage club’s DA brokers will be able to source insurance pr...

27 July 2016

After the recent merger of Shawbrook’s Commercial and Secured businesses into the newly created Property Finance division, the Bank is pleased to confirm the promotions of two senior Commercial team m...

27 July 2016

The specialist lender will provide Ingard’s appointed representatives and directly authorised brokers with a wider range of funding solutions for non-standard first and second charge mortgages. Nikki...

27 July 2016

Dudley Building Society has strengthened its Board with the appointment of Karen Wilshere as a Non-Executive Director. The Society’s members confirmed the appointment at its Annual General Meeting on ...

26 July 2016

UK, July 26, 2016: The Association of Expert Mortgage Advisors (AEMA), which accounts for almost 50 per cent of all mortgage broker business in Ireland, is going digital with the adoption of Mortgage ...

26 July 2016

Stonebridge Group, the mortgage and insurance network, has today (26th July 2016) announced the launch of its new proposition for directly authorised (DA) advisers. Stonebridge Genus offers DA firms ...

25 July 2016

Specialist finance broker, The Loans Engine, has revealed that from today (25th July 2016) it is scrapping its all-encompassing master broker fee and replacing it with a simple application fee, much m...

25 July 2016

Roma Finance, the Manchester based bridging finance and development lender, has appointed Steve Baker, previously Managing Director (Retail) at Together Money, as a non-executive director, and Simon M...

21 July 2016

Fluent for Advisers has reported an upward trend in new business in the months since MCD and in the wake of Brexit. Significantly, contrary to predictions in some quarters that MCD would see a downtur...

21 July 2016

ANY PROPERTY USED AS SECURITY, INCLUDING YOUR HOME, MAY BE REPOSSESSED IF YOU DO NOT KEEP UP REPAYMENTS ON A MORTGAGE OR ANY OTHER DEBT SECURED ON IT. A BROKER FEE MAY APPLY. Including the Commercial...

21 July 2016

Paradigm Mortgage Services, the mortgage services proposition, has today (21st July 2016) added specialist buy-to-let lender, Foundation Home Loans, to its lender panel. From today, Paradigm member f...

21 July 2016

Dudley Building Society has appointed Paula Millard to the post of Underwriting Manager. Reporting to Head of Credit, Jonathan Moore, Paula joins from Royal Bank of Scotland where she headed up train...

21 July 2016

Complete FS hosts its 14th annual Specialist Lender Expo at the Meon Valley & Country Club, near Southampton on the 21st September. This year’s event is based on the “Circus Big Top” and Complete FS ...

20 July 2016

NaviSite’s flexible, secure NaviCloud® platform is being used to allow Mortgage Brain to design and deploy innovative scalable cloud solutions for the mortgage industry 20 July, 2016 LONDON: NaviSite...

20 July 2016

Specialist Distributor TFC Homeloans has recruited Wayne Bowler as key account manager, covering the North of England. Wayne will develop business opportunities and build relationships with TFC’s bro...

19 July 2016

United Trust Bank (UTB) has joined the Bank of England’s Funding for Lending Scheme (FLS). This has enabled UTB to review the pricing for its Asset Finance offering to provide a very competitive pric...

18 July 2016

Shawbrook Commercial delivers positive customer outcome for client of Strategic Broker Partner Commercial Financial Services. The customer originally acquired a property on Roman Road in East London,...

18 July 2016

Tony Marshall, Managing Director of specialist lender Equifinance, explains how second charge mortgages can help brokers with clients deemed as ‘adverse’ and the role secured lending can play in helpi...

15 July 2016

Fleet Mortgages, the buy-to-let and specialist lender, has today (15th July 2016) announced the appointment of a new Business Development Manager (BDM) covering the Midlands. Chris Kirby joins the le...

15 July 2016

Roma Finance, the Manchester-based bridging finance and development lender, has secured a significant three-year revolving credit facility and securitisation from The Royal Bank of Scotland in support...

14 July 2016

Shawbrook Bank’s Residential Mortgages team has completed its first application using its new E-Signature service in just five working days with master broker The Loan Partnership. The new E-Signature...

13 July 2016

Front Events, organisers of Financial Services Expo (FSE) London, the premier exhibition for the financial services industry in London & the South East, have today (13th July 2016) announced that regi...

13 July 2016

Ingard have partnered with Agent Online, a new intermediary focused estate agency. The partnership will see Agent Online’s services offered through Ingard’s Network of appointed representatives, spec...

13 July 2016

Stonebridge Group, the mortgage and insurance network, has today (13th July 2016) announced its staff has raised £10k in recent weeks with a range of charity events. Over the last few weeks employees...

12 July 2016

Fleet Mortgages, the buy-to-let and specialist lender, has today (12thJuly 2016) announced the addition of Mortgage Intelligence networks and mortgage club to its distributor panel. From today, all a...

12 July 2016

ValidID.co.uk IOS iPhone App It has been 3 years in the making and 9 months of non-stop development work, Professional Office Ltd is proud to announce the launch of their excellent new additi...

11 July 2016

Just six working days between receiving the valuation report and completion… Shawbrook Bank’s Commercial division is pleased to announce the rapid completion of a short term loan in excess of £7.5m a...

11 July 2016

Broker Conveyancing, the broker-focused conveyancing distributor, has today (11th July 2016) announced it has been added to the conveyancing panel of mortgage and protection specialists, TenetLime. F...

11 July 2016

The Personal Finance Society is set to expand the MoneyPlan initiative run in partnership with Citizens Advice (see Note 1), with a growing number of financial advisers keen to take part in the progra...

11 July 2016

First 4 Bridging, the bridging loan master broker and packager, has today (11th July 2016) announced the appointment of Michelle Douglas as its new Head of Sales & Marketing. Michelle is responsible ...

11 July 2016

Dudley Building Society, the intermediary focused lender, has completed the transformation of its product range by releasing new 2, 3 and 5 year fixed rates as well as repricing their innovative liste...

11 July 2016

Fluent Money, the UK's largest second charge distributor, has appointed Stuart Almond as Group Compliance Director for the business, which now includes the new intermediary brand, Fluent for Advisers....

11 July 2016

The Julian Harris Networks have launched their own specialist first and second charge packaging service. The service is headed up by Derrick Hyman (previously with BDS and Pink Homeloans). This is ava...

08 July 2016

Harley Kagan, Managing Director of United Trust Bank, commented: “After the uncertainty which preceded the referendum, it would seem that more lies ahead. Having closely monitored the immediate fall-...

08 July 2016

Front Events, the events company responsible for the Financial Services Expo, has today (8th July 2016) declared its charity six-a-side football event a ‘huge success’ after the event raised thousands...

08 July 2016

Fleet Mortgages, the buy-to-let and specialist lender, has today (8th July 2016) announced a raft of criteria changes which have been introduced with immediate effect. These changes to Fleet Mortgage...

07 July 2016

Shawbrook Commercial Mortgages, part of the recently formed Property Finance Division of Shawbrook Bank has announced an update to its pricing for Short Term and Regulated Bridging product ranges. Wi...

06 July 2016

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06 July 2016

Paradigm Protect, the directly authorised protection proposition linked to Paradigm Mortgage Services and Paradigm Partners, has today (6th July 2016) announced the addition of insurer, LV= to its Eli...

06 July 2016

Specialist Distributor TFC Homeloans has recruited Liz Payne as HR business partner to support the next phase of the business’s expansion. Liz will develop and deliver strategies, processes and pract...

06 July 2016

Fluent Money, the UK's largest specialist second charge distributor, has officially launched a separate brand, Fluent for Advisers, specifically for the broker market at the Mortgage Business Expo in ...

05 July 2016

Following the recent combination of the Commercial and Secured lending arms of Shawbrook Bank under one “Property Finance” division, Shawbrook has announced a series of staff changes designed to help ...

05 July 2016

Dudley Building Society has introduced new products for the self employed, along with new discounted and shared ownership mortgages in the second phase of its new product range rollout. Main features...

04 July 2016

Brilliant Solutions, the specialist mortgage distribution business, today announced the rebranding of the business which signals the latest part in the company’s transformation over the last 12 months...

04 July 2016

Stonebridge Group, the mortgage and insurance network, has today (4th July 2016) urged mortgage and protection advisers to focus on the post-EU Referendum opportunities that exist and to ensure client...

04 July 2016

Foundation Home Loans, the Bracknell based BTL lender, has announced the launch of the first stage of its online proposition with the rollout of its new portal for introducer partners. The new portal...

01 July 2016

Leading GI firm Uinsure has been named GI Partner of the Year for the second year running by SimplyBiz Mortgages. Uinsure picked up the accolade at the annual SimplyBiz Group Partnership event. It i...

01 July 2016

The Society of Mortgage Professionals has confirmed that membership has broken through the 8,000-barrier for the first time. “It’s an affirmation of the growing desire amongst those who work in the m...